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there are a lot of 'expensive' pickups on the market that cost a pretty penny; Dry Z are just one of the many examples.brokentoes wrote:Real or not that's more money for a set of pups than i've paid for 99% of my guitars.....
I would take exception to the 'square hole' theory as far as the Dry Z examples are concerned.Dalko wrote:It is not myself who bought them but, to be honest, everything seems legitimate for me. Square holes and everything. The first set has the Z a little thick, it's true, but it seems to be due to the movement of the hand, not to the false stamp.
It's just that the prices of these Dry-Z are rising inexorably, given their scarcity and quality.
Why? Because even if today we buy a set of K & T supposed to be at the same level, it's not true, Dry-Z are above. It's only my opinion, of course.
guitar hiro wrote:I would take exception to the 'square hole' theory as far as the Dry Z examples are concerned.Dalko wrote:It is not myself who bought them but, to be honest, everything seems legitimate for me. Square holes and everything. The first set has the Z a little thick, it's true, but it seems to be due to the movement of the hand, not to the false stamp.
It's just that the prices of these Dry-Z are rising inexorably, given their scarcity and quality.
Why? Because even if today we buy a set of K & T supposed to be at the same level, it's not true, Dry-Z are above. It's only my opinion, of course.
I know of no Dry Z examples with the third/square hole in the bobbins.
IMO it is (somewhat) common knowledge the early DRY 1982 examples also had the two holes in the bobbins, sans the third/square hole.
Please, anyone with early DRY 1982 examples that are an exception correct me. Thank you
wulfman wrote:IMO the Z is not correct, there are subtle differences. Good attempt though. Here is a picture of Z's in a guitar. Note how narrow the ends of the letter are. It CAN be smudged or have variation due to stamping but IMO buyer beware these days.
wulfman wrote:IMO the Z is not correct, there are subtle differences. Good attempt though. Here is a picture of Z's in a guitar. Note how narrow the ends of the letter are. It CAN be smudged or have variation due to stamping but IMO buyer beware these days.
Harold, What you say is so true. Many people try and take advantage of others, which is very unfortunate.wulfman wrote:I should have mentioned that the seller with the 3-hole bobbin set also sold 2 more sets recently, all with non-original covers. Not conclusive evidence, but there are tons of Maxon/Fujigen pickups out there to use if a person wanted to make a few sets. All they would need is a similar "Z" and number stamp.
BigTone wrote:Can I just jump into this thread with my example of a set of Dry Z (or not). I bought a set 10 years ago from a well known Japanese guitar dealer on this site. They look identical to the ones posted by Wulfman in post 2 with the two round holes and the third square hole at the edge. They also don't have pickup covers (obviously otherwise I wouldn't be able to see the bobbins). It's been so long since I've seen the base plate that I honestly can't remember what they look like, though I'm sure they had the Z stamp. They do have the slotted screw heads for the height adjustment though, rather than the Phillips head - but this could be simply something that has been replaced on the example pickups and I wouldn't put too much stock in those (they have been knocking around for nearly 40 years after all).
I will say that they sound fantastic, and I have another set of Dry Zs in a 1980 SA-1200 to compare them with and I've never felt that they weren't genuine before reading this thread.